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it’s been yet another incredible year for us finn rigginses, and it’s not even over yet. our tour continues tomorrow with a show in one of our hometowns — ‘ol Hailey, ID — and then next Wednesday we head to Salt Lake City again and on to Colorado for about 10 days. we have lots of thanks to spread around, so much so that we can’t fathom to cover everyone that deserves our gratitude, so i’ll start with a blanket statement thanking everyone that has supported us this year or anytime along this path we’ve been on for the last few years. thank you for whatever tiny or large contribution you’ve made to the wind in our sails. we couldn’t continue to throw ourselves whole-heartedly into this crazy musical adventure if it weren’t for all of you. so thank you. we have hugs for you next time we see each other. and we hope we see each other soon.

more specifically, and most recently, we’d like to give a huge thanks to Doug, Brett, Brett, Scott and Jim of BUILT TO SPILL for inviting us to tour with them and for being so generous with their time, ears and support. the 8 shows we played with them around the NW a week ago were 8 of the most incredible shows we’ve had the honor of playing. really incredible group of people they attract and we had the time of our lives. also thanks to the kind Swiss folks of DISCO DOOM and to Jason Albertini for all of his kind words and support and sick bass playing. and to Ian Waters and Steve Gere for their efforts behind the soundboard. and of course to our new friend Tyler Kohlhoff who bravely jumped in the van for most of the tour snapping photos (all of the ones in this post) and providing general entertainment, good vibes and real talk to the core. and thanks to Rachael for enduring the whole of our fall tour and for helping out with merch and photos and for doing the best in keeping this tour blog somewhat fresh.

also huge thanks to Jared and Brianne Mees who have championed us from the beginning and continue to do so with all of their Tender Loving might and good will. they have become two of our bestest friends and family and thus we start each day thanking our lucky stars to be working with such kind and amazing people in this incredible endeavor. may Tender Loving Empire continue to flourish and spread goodness around the land.

some of our newest teammates that we owe bunches of high fives and thank yous to are Joan Hiller Depper and her mighty assistant Nathan Walker for all of their efforts trumpeting to the press world about our new album and tour and overall mission. we’re very thankful to be in the fun-loving hands of this very cute Riot Act Media team. we love them. we wished we lived closer to them. real talk.

also like to acknowledge the home team here in Boise of Sam and Anneliessa and the Visual Arts Collective for everything that it brings to the music and art scene here in the Treasure Valley. and for their role in helping to inspire and record our new album. and huge thanks to Steve Fulton and Pat Storey and AudioLab for providing the space, gear and guidance to make it all happen. and of course all of the local bands and musicians here that help feed the fire, as well as all the regular show goers that do their part in supporting the local music scene.

we would also like to thank all of the great artists we’ve been blessed to work with along the way… the man behind all of our album art as well as a lot of the t-shirts and stickers and posters — Lloyd E Winter IV. thank you so much. thanks to Kevin Fitzpatrick aka KMF Illustration for designing this website and for some poster work as well. huge thanks to Jason Sievers for the amazing stop-animation video he did for Wake as well as several posters. thanks to Julia Green for all the posters she’s done for us both present and past. that also goes for Santiago Uceda and James Lloyd. and thanks to Erin Cunningham for her collaboration with Julia Green for the epic “duel” album release party poster. and thanks to Joseph Von Stengel for the live digital mash-up projections he adds to our show when he can as well as some videos. and to the fine photographers we’ve been lucky enough to work with recently: Sam Guerrero, Tyler Kohlhoff, Bobby McHugh, Sarah Ann Curtis and Abigail Rickertsen